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Who will recognize a great book better than a bookstore? A bookstore run by graphic designers. Here’s why: at MENDO we get market feedback seven days a week, we are blessed to be surrounded by a bunch of talented, inspiring people – photographers, writers and publishers – and after being a bookstore for more than 15 years, we can easily say we know what book aficionados are looking for. Don’t you agree that initiating, creating and realizing jaw-dropping books now, only comes natural?

A MENDO publication is a well-designed book with visually stunning creative content, browsed by people to be amazed and inspired. The subject-matter is one of our pre-defined curated categories, fashion, photography, interior, sport, lifestyle, food and traveling. In general, a MENDO book is a piece of furniture in itself.

Mr. by Ferry van der Nat

Dutch photographer Ferry van der Nat has been taking Polaroid images of men for years. Many of the men he scouted have made it to the major runways and fashion mags around the world. With MENDO, Van der Nat releases his first monograph, simply called Mr.

Mr. by Ferry van der Nat is a homage to the beauty of men

Dutch photographer Ferry van der Nat has been taking instant camera photographs of men for years.

Many of the men he scouted have made it to the major runways and fashion mags around the world. Together with MENDO Van der Nat has released his first monograph, simply called Mr. Mr. is a luxurious book with just over 300 pages and 285 high quality images.

Ferry van der Nat (Amsterdam) works with two cameras. The 1965 Polaroid Land Camera 103 sheds a greenish blue tint across the prints, seeming to distill an aura and mystery around the subjects. The second camera, the Polaroid Big Shot from 1975, is famously the same model used by Andy Warhol as he produced some of his most overtly sexual images—a mood that inspires Van der Nat’s own project.

Mr. Hugo

Mr. Hugo is a former judo champion, the perfect example of a 1940's Beefcake model whom I casted for the Eastpak x Jean Paul Gaultier collaboration I was working on.

“In my pictures I want to show the best version of the subject who is at that very moment posing for me. It surprises me how many people are unaware of the beauty they possess. So my challenge is to take their physical beauty and capture it, and make it even a bit more beautiful. That is what I am looking for in a picture.”

-Ferry van der Nat

The Muses

Like many photographers, Ferry van der Nat a handful of models he refers to as his muses. It's a mixture of chemistry that makes photoshoots just a bit more exciting. Three of them - Florian, Matthieu and Erik - are introduced by Ferry below. More in-depth information about these extraordinary men can be found in the book.

Mr. is a luxurious book with just over 300 pages and 285 high quality images by Ferry van der Nat, including many that have never been published. The book is a MENDO initiative and design, published in collaboration with Terra. With contributions by Gert Jonkers (Fantastic Man) and Alan Prada (L’Uomo Vogue) and an interview by Jacquill Glenn Basdew.